Ok - a question for those of you who do fly in IMC where there is no radar coverage. Do you talk to anyone at all? Are there any extra precautions you can take?
For example, imagine there's a thin layer of stratus you're trying to get on top of. It occurs to me that you could talk to London Information, and ask them if they know of anyone else in the area who's doing the same thing. If there is, you can coordinate with each other, via London Information, so that only one aircraft is in actual IMC in the area at any one time. Maybe.
Would I do this? I doubt it - because I have no way of knowing who else is in the clouds and not talking to the same people as I am. (And of course when descending through the clouds you won't know who is lurking just underneath them, VFR, perfectly legally but invisible to you until a couple of seconds before you potentially hit them.)
I like the big sky theory, but I prefer to have something else to back it up with. Aren't we always taught never to rely on one method of staying safe?
FFF
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